[Diane, 11:30am, February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks. Five miles south of the Canadian border. Twelve miles west of the state line. Never seen so many trees in my life.]

Behind the scenes of Heartland - 4x01 - Homecoming Photos by: Mark Cogan

Restaurant Review: Clipper Inn

Restaurant Review: Clipper Inn

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For the Love of Asparagus

For the Love of Asparagus

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Mass Shooting and a Manhunt in Maine

A mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine left at least 18 people dead in a restaurant and a bowling alley on Wednesday. The incident has triggered a major search for Robert Card, a person of interest who is a trained firearms instructor. Authorities have urged residents to remain in their homes, while schools have declared closures for safety. The search for the suspect has extended to both land and…

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Canada calls for an immediate ceasefire, warns against offensive in Rafah, but exports “military goods” to Israel

Content Warning for graphic depictions of violence and discussion of the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

Maher Alanqar sat and watched his nephew suffer. The video — shot by a CBC News freelancer — captured every scream, every spasm as 10-year-old Adam Abu Ajwa called out for help after the home where he was sheltering with his parents and siblings in Khan Younis, Gaza was hit by a grenade on Jan. 17. Adam suffered third-degree burns; his older sister Zeina, 26, escaped with burns and broken bones after being trapped under rubble for hours. They were the only ones in the house to survive. Their mother Hana and oldest brother Amr died and were buried in the courtyard of Nasser Hospital, one of the main hospitals in the central Gaza Strip. Alanqar's mouth twitched with every scream as he watched doctors work to treat the boy's wounds without anesthesia. He told CBC News on Feb. 4 he had applied to get his sister and her kids out of Gaza under a special immigration measures program for extended family members of Palestinian Canadians. They were waiting for news when their home was hit.

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Tagging @politicsofcanada @allthegeopolitics

Now adding "there is snow every holiday season" to my scripts because thERE'S NO SNOW WHERE IS IT

Alright so.. I am so curious

How are y'all interpreting Dahlia? Like what does the actual location look like to you?

it really is looking like i'm gonna finally have to make a choice between which citizenship i want to keep and it occurred to me that i'm not even attached to the idea of being canadian in an emotional or personal sense it's the first world privilege of having the citizenship/passport and the economic benefits of that, including the ability to (relatively) easily access funding as an artist, that makes me hesitate giving it up. but emotionally i don't think i could recover from having to formally give up my malaysian citizenship it would feel like a part of me has been denied or taken and it's not due to attachment to the state or gov of msia but to the people and culture and my family... i can find a way to live with myself and inhabit this world no longer being a citizen of the first world but i couldn't live with myself if i abandoned my home country for the first world it would feel like a betrayal of myself and my grandparents and of my own politics and i can't do it. but to embrace it wholeheartedly requires giving up that first world privilege which is scary, if you are someone who has had it most of your life, and i recognize that even having the choice is a privilege as well. but i would not be able to respect myself if i made my decision based on that fear or allowed it to guide me. the majority of people on earth do not have that ability to choose nor the economic advantage of being a western citizen; i am no different from them, not "better" nor "special", and if they can do it, i can too.

Hot Tub or “Not” Tub?

Hot Tub or “Not” Tub?

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Hot Tub or “Not” Tub?

Hot Tub or “Not” Tub?

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Very serious post:

The bff and I were thinking of alternate names for our country (the USA) but are currently favoring "Under-Canada."

We are in no way biased by growing up on the international border, where basically anything you could get on the US side you could also get on the Canadian side, but it would be better and less expensive and more fun to get to.